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1909 Map of Coharie

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Coharie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Great Coharie Creek and Little Coharie Creek dominate this coastal plain landscape, their wide swampy basins dictating the placement of settlements and river crossings at the turn of the century. Surveyed between 1906 and 1907, the map reveals a decentralized agricultural society connected by a network of named junctions and family-owned establishments. Rural crossroads such as McClam Crossroads, Herrings Crossroads, and Munks Crossroads served as vital community anchors alongside local commerce centers like Brewers Store and Wilsons Store.

Water power was essential to the local economy, evidenced by several mill sites including Blackmans Mills and the Newman Millpond. The social fabric is detailed through numerous neighborhood institutions, from Shady Grove School and Enterprise School to Oak Grove Church and St Pauls Church. These features, combined with family landmarks like Rosin Hill and Red Hill, provide researchers with a dense network of early 20th-century North Carolina genealogy and geography.